Garment wrapper or bag



Aug. 21, 1934. c. w. JONES GARMENT WRAPPER OR BAG Filed July' 21, 1932 6: VIZ/0726s Patented Aug. 21, 1934 GARMENT WRAPPER on BAG Clifiord w. Jones, Kansas city, Mo.

Application July 21, 1932, Serial No. 623,866

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment bags and more particularly to a bag for use by cleaners for protecting the garments after they have been cleaned and for protecting the garments for delivery to the customer.

An object of this invention is to provide a garment bag which is so constructed that a plurality of bags can be mounted in telescoping form one within the other and held in a position to facilitate the slipping of the bag over the garment which is disposed in a position beneath the bag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bag construction with means to hold the bag in uppermost position or in a position above the garment hanger so that the innermost bag of the nest can be withdrawn for positioning about the garment.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bag construction of this kind which is exceedingly simple so that it will not add any expense to the present cost of the bags or wrappers but will permit the more rapid wrapping or bagging of the garments than is possible with the bags at present in use.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:-

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a bag constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectionare held in telescoping position for use in the bagging or wrapping of garments.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter B designates generally a bag or wrapper construction which comprises a single sheet of paper or fabric 10, the vertical edges of which are secured together, as at 11, by means of suitable adhesive in the form of paste or glue. The side edges 12 of the bag B converge in an upward direction toward the closed end of the bag, the upper end being closed and the lower end 13 being open. The upper portion of the bag 13 is provided with downturned or overlapping portions 14 on each side of the longitudinal center so that the upper edge of the bag will be disposed in a downwardly divergent position for contact with the hanger for the garment disposed within this bag.

A tongue or supporting member 15 is formed with or secured to the upper end of the bag B and extends above the top of the bag and is provided with an opening or aperture 16 within which a supporting hook or the like is adapted to be positioned. The top of the bag B is provided with an opening 17 in front of the tongue or supporting member 15 so that the coat hanger or garment supporting member may project through this opening and engage a suitable supporting means for hanging the garment therefrom.

As shown in Figure 2, the bags B, by reason of the upwardly convergent construction thereof, can be mounted in nested or telescoping form so that a considerable number of these bags may be disposed on a single supporting hook or member which is extended through the opening 16 of the tongue 15. In this manner, the bags B are adapted to have a bar extending longitudinally therethrough with a hook on the lower portion of the bar for engagement by a coat hanger having a garment mounted thereon, and this constitutes a bagging hook or support so that when the garment is engaged on this hook, the garment can be readily wrapped or bagged by merely pulling out the innermost bag and pulling it downwardly, this movement tearing the tongue 15 from the tongue support and permitting the bag to gravitatingly drop over the garment.

At the present time, it is the practice to mount these bags one upon the other and the bagging of the garments requires a considerable amount of labor whereas with the use of the bag herein disclosed, the amount of material used to form the bag has not been increased but rather decreased slightly in view of the upwardly tapering construction of the bag, and this bag is then provided with the supporting tongue 15, which may be readily torn when it is desired to wrap or bag the garment.

In practice, from fifty to one hundred of these bags may be mounted in telescoping form and each of these bags engaged with the bag hook or support which extends through the opening 16 of the tongue 15. It will be obvious that the bagging or wrapping of the garment has been simplified so that it is only necessary to pull the bag downwardly over the garment supported therebeneath rather than to push the garment upwardly through the bag.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted. only by the scope of the following claim.

What is claimed is:--

A package of-wrappers for garments disposed in close nested form, each wrapper comprising a bag having the bottom end open and the top end closed, the sides of the bag converging from the bottom to the top to permit the close nesting of a. plurality of bags of equal size, and a tongue 

